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The third edition of Venue Reviews from KCPR’s Connor Sullivan is finally here. This time around, Sullivan takes a look at a venue that is close to home: SLO Brew. Known locally for their micro brews and their cuisine, the restaurant doubles as a venue for concerts. Parking...

It’s no longer a question in anyone’s head – Shabang is now an integral part of central coast culture. This past weekend, Shabang held the tenth edition of it’s bi-annual, day long festival. Held at Laguna Lake Park, this Shabang was the most ambitious yet; the largest number...

Donna is a San Luis Obispo-based rock group consisting of members Davis Leach, Tyler Hentges, Cameron Segel, Ryan Kraemer, Lennon Fanning, and Brenden Sallstrom. They stopped by our studio last week to play some songs, including the tracks “Sleepy,” “Same Old Feet,” “Pacing,” “Never Learn,” and “I Can...

The night started off with a confusion at the box office. Despite being on the guest list, I needed to have my fellow KCPR member and Jo Anna Edmison there to prove my identity. Lost somewhere deep in the pit of the Fremont taking photos, I knew Jo...

The Los Angeles based Soulection Radio is an independent label, radio show, and artist collective. Established in 2011, Soulection brings visibility to meaningful music by curating memorable experiences. Soulection broadcasts its vision and creates an inclusive culture that brings together hundreds of thousands of supporters across the globe....

Eduardo, Barto, Gabriel, and Carlos make up the four-piece Latin funk band, Chicano Batman. The guys came filing into the green room just after their sound check had ended. On the final leg of their tour, KCPR’s HQ sits down with the band members to dig into what it’s like...

Those who like camping often enjoy researching a fun hike at a national park, making a reservation for a campground, looking forward to s’mores around the fire ring, dinner served on a picnic bench, and mentally preparing for what creepy bugs could be hiding in the campground bathrooms....

After six long years, rap revolutionaries Gorillaz released their fourth album, Humanz, on April 28th. It’s massive: 26 tracks – six of which are interludes, plus one introduction – featuring 22 different artists in addition to the four virtual virtuosos (cyborg spitters? mechanical MC’s?) of the band itself....

Welcome to Utah: ski destinations, salty lakes, birthplace to a religion, numerous national parks and monuments and, as of recent, controversies surrounding them. Right before leaving office, former President Barack Obama dedicated a plot of land in Utah as a national monument – a 1.35 million acre plot named...

DAMN. may not be drastically expanding and exploring the genre of hip hop, but as Kendrick Lamar did on his last album, To Pimp A Butterfly, DAMN. is a masterpiece. Lamar’s most recent release is the best representation thus far of his persona. From the second track on the...

Presenting dense textures of noise weaved through bright vocals and esoteric samples, Panda Bear’s 2007 album Person Pitch is a modern classic that brings indie rock to the platform of a fine art. The third solo album by Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear), widely known as a founding...

Hip-hop fans have an uncanny knack for being critical of their favorite artists changing sounds or styles. The phrase, “I miss the old *insert rapper name*” is littered throughout any and every hip-hop music video’s comment section on Youtube. After relative radio silence since 2015, when he released...

Sometime last year, Drake saw a change in his identity. He went from being one of the biggest names in hip-hop – to becoming a full-fledged pop star. While this change has allowed his audience to expand immensely, he’s not the same kind of artist anymore. Some people...

As the twentieth anniversary of Radiohead’s magnum opus OK Computer is approaching, I want to take a look back at one track off the album that changed my vision of music and holds its relevance two decades after its release. Although all may not agree that “Paranoid Android”...

Go ahead, call me an angry woman – because I am. There are a lot of things to be angry about right now in the face of our misogynistic government, ask any woman. The wage gap is alive and well, Planned Parenthood is fighting to receive federal funding....